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MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY MEN’S GOLF
Jace Minni captured medalist honors at the SU Redhawk Invitational on the Chambers Bay Golf Course
Minni finished the event at eight-under (205) and carded a final round of 65 (-6), matching the lowest round in program history, and his 205 three-round total also matched the program record
Gonzaga finished the fall season matching the third-lowest round team total in program history at Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic
Zach Stocker advanced out of U.S. Open local qualifying at the Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla
The Bulldogs finished the season with the program’s second-lowest season scoring average at 291.94
Stocker ranks second all-time at GU in season scoring average (72.48) and career scoring average (73.71)
Minni’s season scoring average of 73.33 ranks eighth in program history
Yacine Guermali (1500m), Cooper Laird (steeplechase), Cullen McEachern (steeplechase), James Mwaura (5000m and 10000m) and Wil Smith (5000m and 10000m) all qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Sacramento
Guermali and Mwaura opened the indoor season in Boston running the two fastest indoor 5,000-meter times in program history
Smith became the first GU runner to run a sub-four minute mile en route to a historic event win at the Washington State Open, also setting a facility record at The Podium
Smith also set the indoor 3,000-meter program record at the Husky Classic
Guermali and Smith ran the program’s top two 1,500-meter times at the Payton Jordan Invitational
Smith broke the program’s 5,000-meter record and placed first at the Oregon Twilight
Undefeated at home in January and March
Cate Broerman was tabbed with All-WCC Honorable Mention honors in singles
Finished 9-2 at home this season
Cate Broerman was ranked No. 115 in the ITA Rankings to open up the season
Finished program-best 13th at NCAA Championships in third-straight appearance
First-ever automatic bid to nationals with best-ever second-place finish at NCAA West Regionals
Rose to highest-ever program national ranking at No. 12 during the season
Program-best three All-West Region finishers – Wil Smith, Yacine Guermali, and Kyle Radosevich
Kyle Radosevich and Yacine Guermali were named USTFCCA All-Academic scholars
Wil Smith earned All-WCC first team honors
Riley Moore, Wil Smith, Dominic Arce, and Kyle Radosevich tabbed WCC AllAcademic honorable mention
Pat Tyson named WCC Men’s Coach of the Year finish by a Gonzaga men’s runner at the NCAA West Regional Championships, finishing 10th and breaking the program’s 10,000-meter course record. He was the first Zag to run a sub-30-minute 10K, and the second GU runner to earn All-Region honors.
Mwaura won his first collegiate outdoor race at the 2019 Buc Scoring Invite and would later shatter the program’s 10,000-meter record winning the Cardinal Classic on April 20, 2019. He set a new 5,000-meter program record two weeks later. He nearly qualified for the 10,000-meter national final in his freshman season, missing out by one spot at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Sacramento.
During the 2019 cross country season, Mwaura placed third at the WCC Championships and the NCAA West Regional Championships. His bestever finish by a Zag at the NCAA West Regionals made him only the second GU men’s runner to ever qualify for nationals.